Renewed Yemen fighting forces over 46,000 people from their homes
The UN International Organisation for Migration says at least 46,000 Yemenis have been displaced since last week as clashes intensify.
Since the start of renewed hostilities, more than 46,000 individuals have fled their homes in Yemen, according to the International Organisation for Migration. Director General Amy Pope warned that many families are making a second or third flight with almost nothing to take. She stressed that expanding conflict is hampering the delivery of life-saving aid and called for unrestricted humanitarian access. Pope urged all parties to protect civilians, aid workers, and the logistics needed for assistance.
Why it matters
Mass displacement deepens Yemen's humanitarian crisis and hampers aid delivery, affecting millions.
How this story developed
- Aug 31 Jordan Views Israeli West Bank Annexation as Greater Existential Threat Than Iran
- Sep 5 Jordan warned that Israeli annexation could trigger up to 500,000 Palestinian refugees into the kingdom.
- Sep 8 More than 70 people were injured after Houthi rockets hit civilian and economic sites in several Saudi towns, prompting the Saudi-led coalition to promise a response.
- Sep 8 Iran announced plans to establish a maritime exclusion zone extending from the Gulf area.
- Sep 9 The European Union called on the Houthis to stop all attacks and warned of threats to regional stability and Red Sea shipping.
- Sep 10 Saudi civil defence lifted the emergency alert in Khamis Mushait following the Houthi strikes.
- Sep 10 Intense fighting has erupted across Yemen's north, west and central zones, killing at least 194 people and wounding 880 in the past two weeks.
- Sep 10 Houthis intensified attacks on the al‑Makha district near the Bab al‑Mandeb Strait.
- Sep 11 Houthi units have moved onto the Hanish Islands and are pressing southward toward Bab al‑Mandeb.
- Sep 11 GCC nations issued a joint condemnation of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia at the UN Security Council.
- Sep 11 Houthis seized Perim Island and the town of Dhubab.
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